With my new found determination, I forced myself to confront what I believed to be impending doom for my sock project. I was sure I was running short of yarn, knew I didn't want half the foot in a different color, and was starting to warm up to the idea of just ripping the first sock and putting this project out of its misery.
I really should have weighed the sock and remaining yarn before freaking out. The scale changed everything.
The first sock (about 2 inches away from starting the toe): 33 grams.
The yarn still left on the this first skein: 13 grams.
The second skein of yarn: 34 grams.
Well, hell, that's not so bad. I still expect to need different yarn for the toes, but I can live with that. I decided to put the first sock aside and start the second so I can get both socks to the same place before dividing up that remaining 13 grams of yarn. I expected slow knitting and slogging through little by little. In fact, the whole idea of my finish-by-the-end-of-the-month goal seemed ridiculously optimistic.
I was wrong. Really wrong. I cast on the second sock Monday afternoon. It's, uh, going pretty well.
Two days = three-quarters of a sock. I can't explain that at all. All I know is that I can't put the sock down. Must. Finish. Socks.
The important lesson for the day--blogging keeps my knitting on track. It would be good for me to remember this lesson. But right now I'm going back to my sock. I've been getting twitchy if I'm away from it for too long.
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